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Session 6.10 – Yum Yum Caterpillars
Teacher Questions & Notes
Procedures
statements about their graph.
20. Circulate among the students as they create the graphs, checking
for individual understanding, giving assistance as necessary.
21. In their journal on the “Yum, Yum Caterpillars” page, have
students draw a picture of the location they think was the best for
hiding one of the caterpillars that they found and write a sentence
about why the caterpillar was so well hidden.
- Was one habitat better to hide the
caterpillars in than the other? Why or
why not?
- Did the color of the caterpillars make
a difference as to how easily they were
found?
- Did the shape of the caterpillars make
a difference as to how easily they were
found?
22. Discuss as a class the difference between the two schoolyard
“habitats” where the caterpillars were hidden.
Extension:
1. Make a class map of the two habitats where the
caterpillars were hidden. Have students glue their
caterpillars on the map in the locations where they were
found.
2. Have students pick one of their caterpillars and write a
story about a day in its life.
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